Africa: Women Are Central to Africa’s Energy Transformation All Africa, March 8, 2016. Image credit: Peggy_Marco It is time to recognize that modernizing household energy is central to Africa’s development – and that means bringing women to the table. Women and girls collect most of the firewood, spending an average of 2.1 hours per day on … Read more
World’s Most Energy Efficient Countries Just Means, February 23, 2016. Image credit: geralt Energy efficiency is defined as ‘’using less energy to provide the same service.” In 2016, energy efficiency is a primary concern for many countries. With diminishing fossil fuel resources and rapid population growth, there are several reasons why countries all over the globe … Read more
Those Bubbles in Your Soda May Someday Help Save the Planet Bloomberg Business, February 21, 2016. Image credit: Spiff Climeworks AG is not the first company to figure out how to suck carbon dioxide out of the air. It may become the first to make money from it at an industrial scale. The Swiss company plans … Read more
Ryan Pollin for Zondits, February 24, 2016. Image credit: jp26jp That is the bombshell conclusion of auditing firm Deloitte’s recent report. After examining 500 publicly traded oil companies, Deloitte declared about 175 of them to be at high risk of bankruptcy due to large amounts of debt – collectively they are more than $150 billion dollars … Read more
Can Energy Efficiency Help Chinese Cities Beat Air Pollution Environmental Leader, February 17, 2016. Image credit: Peggy_Marco It has been a decade since China’s leaders made improving energy efficiency a top priority. In the 11th Five-Year Plan they set ambitious national targets for lowering the energy intensity – the measure of energy efficiency of the country’s … Read more
Presented at the AESP 26th National Conference on February 3, 2016 Elizabeth Titus, NEEP Brian McCowan, ERS Rebecca Foster, VEIC Electric tumble clothes dryers were introduced in the United States in the late 1930s, and until recently have remained largely unchanged, with only small incremental improvements in operation. Recent advancements in electric clothes dryers range … Read more
Could The Future Of Urban Farming Be Found Inside Of An Old Shipping Container? Think Progress, February 4, 2016. Image credit: Freight Farms Freight Farms cofounder Brad McNamara first got the idea for creating farms in shipping containers while working in rooftop farm consulting throughout Boston as a graduate student. McNamara was trying to figure … Read more
THE NEW DNA OF FUTURE ENERGY MARKETS World Future Council, January 16, 2016. Image credit: Axel Schwenke Delegates from more than 130 countries and world`s leading renewable energy experts meet for the next three days to discuss the global energy transition. The annual Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has become one of the … Read more
Clinton rolls out energy efficiency plan The Hill, February 2, 2016. Image credit: fancycrave1 Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign Tuesday rolled out a plan to increase building energy efficiency standards as a way to cut emissions and save on energy costs. The plan, her campaign said Tuesday, looks to improve building codes, provide more information about buildings’ … Read more
Lisa Markowski for Zondits, January 24, 2016. Image credit: Earth Dispatch Hampshire College, a liberal arts school known for its innovative learning structure, is on to something else interesting. Its new campus center building has been designed with net zero energy (NZE) heating, cooling, water gathering, and self-sustained wastewater treatment systems that are expected to … Read more